The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-11
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history about sacrificing, but on mo-
menJous occasions it never was for
gotten. When Noah had come forth il
triumph from the waters of the deluge
Whlch had drowned a world he con-
structed an altar and offered sacrifice
with his eight souls to perpetuate 1t in
the branch of the human race which
the Lord had miraculously saved until
the Redeemer come.
want to call your attention to
another distinguished parsonage TO
illustrate this matter still more partic-
uiar!y. 1t was our father Abraham
whom the Lord found to be very faithful,
ana true, and devoted. The Lord SAID
II know Abraham; | understand him
4 his heart, and he will command his
SEED after him." and He made him to
oe HIS tIiend. l may simply instance a
1act that Abraham's race, not only
those who who descended from Isaac,
DuJ those who descended though
shmaeis and through the other side OF
his house, the descendants of Keturah
nave ever perpetuated the grea! first
commandment, Thou shall have no
other gods before me-" They hare
never gone into idolatry as the other
atoms have. However, not dwelling
on this any longer, we see that Abraham
taught his race TO believe In the living
and true God. Now, we know that
Ehen men nave friends, they take
them into their particular confidence;
If they have got some great particular
affair or scheme in their business or
family relations, they will take them
into their confidence and explain them
TO them. Now. the Lord took Abraham
into His confidence and deemed him
His friend; and how did he do it? 1t
was after He had promised him or
when He was promising him
that he should possess the
the land from the east to the west, from
the north to the south, and he and his
children should inherit it forever, and
they should become as numerous as the
sanCs on the shore of the Mediterranean
or the stars III the armament. There
was something that the Lord wished to
tell abraham as friend. so he told him
TO take his only child on to the h'll OF
NJ Oriah and they would have consul
tation. Now then, when ne had got
Abraham and Isaacup there, what was
the subject3 1t was the great subject Of
the plan of redemption. He took him
into his consideration and friendship.
Nov, Abraham, can you stand this ?
y
him up here and make an offering of
him ?" He was about to teach Abra
ham the nature of this plan of salvation
and what it amounted to. He would
show Abraham that He himself had
promised the human family that He
would give His only begotten son ran
som from. before the foundation
of the world, to redeem them
from sin. "a Precipitation for
our sins and not for ours alone,
but the sins of the whole world
"a braham, what do you think of this?
Can you stand it7 Do you think you
can take the possession and so give
your only begotten son to be a sacrifice,
IN view of such a plan of salvation as
his?" And thus the Lord took Abra-
ham, in consideration of this matter,
and opened Abrhham's eyes so that he
saw the economy of the Lord Jesus in
the future, so that he had it plainly be.
fore him. Itwas by faith that Abraham
waIked-going through all his life
land !" dying without receiving an in
heritance, knowing that he would come
sgain in the resurrection and receive it |
with his children here upon the earth. |
Thus the Lord dealt with Abraham as
q friend; showed him the great plan, |
brought II home to his heart, and made |
him feel within his soul the plan that |
was to be brought about il the mera- |
dun # time, even the sacrifice OF His |!
Only Begotten Son.
Now TO proceed. When Abraham s |
SEED became numerous in the land OF |
Egypt, and were brought forth to
the land Of Canaan, then these !
sacrifices were brought before them
in such plentitude that they had to offer |
them every day; and they were keeped |
up continually in that motion, and the |
holy fire, that was once obtained from |
heaven. was keeped alive and never al
lowed to die until the taking away of the |
daily sacrifice" And thus it was con-
tinued in more or less frequency, until
the Savior came. Thus this sacrifice |
or ordinance was the means, from the |
beginning to the coming of the Re.
deemer, to perpetuate the covenant of |
God with relation TO His Son. And the |
APOSTLE Paul tells this plainly, many |
people have wondered, what was the |
difference between the law of carnal |
and the law of faith. |
The Apostle Paul tells Gnem that these |
things were given unto them to be their |
and to bring them unto |
J hrist: hence when Christ came these !
things were done away, to those who re-
ceived and embraced the Gospel in
Christ Jesus. When our Savior had |
gone through that wonderful ordnance,
when he had suffered and the very
blood came out of his skin, by
the terrible pressure, suffering
for the sins of the whole world,
vet Satan had no place in him.
He thus became sacrifice, rs had been
intended from before the foundations
of the world were laid. He knelt down
and brake bread, and said: II have
longed with long desire to eat this
q upper with you before depart" And
ne instituted that supper as a subject,
as an ordinance, means by which his
memory, after he had gone, had de-
parted, should be perpetuated, And
this supper has come to US. and it is
for this that we partake of the sacra-
menr, that we remember that he came
upon the earth, that he suffered and
died, that he has brought to pass the
resurrection, that he has promised that
as he went up into heaven, so he will
come again. In looking forward to
that occasion, are we calling israel from
the four quarters of the earth? Pre-
pairing them in the name of the Lord,
for that great event. Praised be his
name for the success that has attended